Fathia was born on 17 December 1930 at the Koubbeh Palace, El-Quba, Cairo. Her father died when she was six years old. She was raised mostly close to her mother and her sister Faika.
In 1948, she travelled with her sister Faika and her mother to the United States for her mother needed to undergo a kidney surgery.
After her mother"s surgery succeeded, Fathia settled in the United States for a long time, and in 1949, her sister Faika married Fuad Sadek.
She was of Turkish, Albanian, French and Circassian descent. King Farouk was shocked and humiliated by the scandal and sacrilege, Farouk, in effect, excommunicated the two women, confiscating their extensive lands and banning them from Egypt forever. Fathia and her mother settled in the United States for the rest of her life, having many troubles that made her reach to living in a small flat in California.
Later, her mother"s jewelry was sold for $1,500,000.
Fathia also worked as a cleaning lady to pay her debt. Some time later, her mother sent a request to President Anwar El-Sadat to retrieve their Egyptian passports, which he granted.
When she went, she found Ghali drunk, and not wanting her to leave, and using his revolver, he shot her with 6 shots in her head Then, Ghali tried to kill himself but he survived.
He went to prison. Some reports say he only served a year in prison, due to ill health.
Rafik (born 29 November 1952) Rayed (born 20 May 1954) Ranya (born 21 April 1956).
